MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '17 at 06:16
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Memory 82.4 1-Core 47.6 2-Core 93.1 49% 74.4 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 263 28% 223 Pts	64-Core 263 16% 263 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 3354) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30% Poor	Lighting 38.3 Reflection 25.5 Parallax 34.7 31% 32.8 fps	MRender 37.4 Gravity 33 Splatting 31.7 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1927 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (A5) Unknown 100 100 25428292 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 466 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 68 292059021346 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 395138826332 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1239 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3523 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2899 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1548 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	50.1% Above average	Read 331 Write 228 Mixed 136 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 36.8 4K Mixed 12.4 71% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30.3 DQ Write 63.8 DQ Mixed 12.4 19% 35.5 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 107%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 43GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8217 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1743 (B1) Unknown 98 98 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 51 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 92 92 7224 (EB) Unknown 99 99 474 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5644681585	61.1% Good	Read 375 Write 251 Mixed 200 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 41.6 4K Mixed 17.9 96% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 43 DQ Write 74.5 DQ Mixed 19.6 26% 45.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 108%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 599GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 134 4066 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4069 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17004 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1209 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 298 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3770 (C2) HDA temperature 111 85 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 188 123 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	71.4% Very good	Read 128 Write 121 Mixed 80.4 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.18 100% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C8 2x4GB 1,215 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.1% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 11.9 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 7.1 17% 6.03 GB/s	Latency 76.1 52% 76.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 74%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) - $88

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	82x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	47x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
R9 270XAMD $199Bench 27%, 77,943 samples	19x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	9x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	46x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	39x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	16x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $376

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16